Don't Talk, Just Listen Explained
| Don't Talk, Just Listen |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | B5 |
| Cover: | DontTalkJustListen.jpg |
| Length: | 54:23 |
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| Prev Title: | B5 |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
Don't Talk, Just Listen is the second studio album by American R&B group B5. It was released by Bad Boy Records on September 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom and on September 11 in the United States. The lone single was "Hydrolics" featuring Bow Wow.
Critical reception
Billboard editor Chuck Eddy wrote: "On the second album by Bad Boy's clean-cut teen pop R&B boy band, syrupy high-register harmonies channel makeout music signposts from doo-wop to DeBarge, vocal acrobatics moonwalk into Michael Jackson territory and bubbly raps emerge from the lush mush. Though their vocal rhythms can get convoluted, the five adolescent Breeding brothers know how to skid over drum-line beats and '80s electronics."[1] Vibe critic Julianne Shepherd wrote: "Gone are the gossamer voices of tweendom; young-adult life now comes with groupies, hoopties, and heartbreak. For their second album, the Diddy-discovered Breeding brothers snag more mature tracks [...] The writing is often super, cannily masking the boys' sometimes (too) thin voices."[2]
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 19,000 copies in its first week.[3] It also reached the top five of Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3]
Personnel
Credits for Don't Talk Just Listen adapted from Allmusic.[4]
- Adonis – Audio Production
- Andre 'Hotbox' Brissett – Audio Production
- Chris Athens – Mastering
- Chapman Bachler – Photography
- Gary Baker – Composer
- Carnell Breeding – Composer
- Kelly Breeding – Composer
- Patrick Breeding – Composer
- Tank – Composer, Writer, Producer, Background
- Blaze – Engineer, Various
- Adrian Breeding – Stylist
- Briss – Various
- Andre Brissett – Composer, Producer
- Mike Butler – Engineer
- Tiffany Bynum – Production Assistant
- Candice Childress – Production Coordination
- Sean "Puffy" Combs – Executive Producer
- Bryan-Michael Cox – Audio Production, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Producer, Programming
- Fred Crawford – Arranger, Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Producer
- Nathaniel "Danja" Hills – Audio Production, Composer
- Eric Dawkins – Composer
- Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean – Composer, Audio Production, Producer, Strings
- Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – Engineer
- Antonio Dixon – Composer
- Corte Ellis – Composer
- Fred "Blaze" Crawford – Audio Production
- John Frye – Mixing
- Rob Gold – Art Manager, Producer
- Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – Engineer
- Carlos Hassan – Composer
- Nate Hertweck – Assistant
- John Holmes – Engineer
- Eric Hudson – Audio Production, Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Various
- Jun Ishizeki – Engineer
- Rob Knox – Audio Production, Composer, Producer, Various
- Mack Woodward – Audio Engineer
- Riley Mackin – Assistant
- Harvey Mason, Jr. – Composer
- Lidia McKinney – Stylist
- Justin "Just One" Miller – Engineer
- Justin Milner – Engineer
- Mischke – Audio Production
- Gwendolyn Niles – A&R
- Michael Patterson – Mixing
- Phantom Boyz – Audio Production
- Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre – Executive Producer
- Michelle Piza – Packaging Manager
- John Regan – Art Direction, Design
- Aaron Renner – Engineer
- Ruben Rivera – Assistant
- Steve Russell – Composer
- Alexis Seton – Engineer
- Soul Diggaz – Producer, Audio Production
- Adonis Shropshire – Vocal Producer, Vocals
- Shea Taylor – Audio Production
- Damon Thomas – Composer
- Sam Thomas – Mixing
- Sharon Tucker – A&R
- The Underdogs – Audio Production, Mixing, Producer, Various
- Kevin Wales – Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Producer
- Roxy Wales – Stylist
- Mario Winans – Audio Production, Composer, Producer
- Mike Winans – Composer
- Wyldcard – Strings
References
- Chuck. Eddy . The Billboard Reviews: Albums. June 24, 2024. September 15, 2007. Billboard.
- Shepherd. Julianne. B5 'Don't Talk, Just Listen'. November 26, 2016. October 2007. Vibe. Vibe Media. 15. 10. 94. 1070-4701.
- Web site: Hasty. Katie . Album Sales Down 9% Despite Huge Kanye, 50 Tallies. June 24, 2024. September 19, 2007. Billboard.com.
- Credits: Don't Talk just Listen
